Georgia state park crimes and incidents

According to Georgia Department of Natural Resources incident logs, there are few crimes in state parks — despite fears stirred by the 2008 murder of hiker Meredith Emerson. But people find plenty of ways to get themselves into trouble, records show. They get lost. They have auto accidents. They fall and injure themselves. They experience medical problems. A few manage to get bitten by snakes or other hikers’ dogs.

Park officials logged about 2,800 incidents of various types in the 13 months from July 1, 2008 through July 31, records show. About one-third were traffic related and about a quarter involved various types of disruptive activities, such as issues with noise, alcohol use or unruly pets. Just 2 percent of incidents in the log were crime reports, mostly thefts.

Use our search of recent incidents at Georgia state parks. Data is from May 1 to July 25, 2009.

 

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Disclaimer:

Data provided by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources is not guaranteed to be accurate or complete. Information is from incident reports and may not include all incidents during the time frame referenced. Some data was suppressed for legal reasons before being obtained by the AJC.

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